OREGON- Recent data shows Oregon’s unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since the pandemic. As unemployment rates across the Rogue Valley exceed the state average, a local agency tells us it’s ...

Fifteen years after it was launched, and at a cost of $106 million, Oregon’s new unemployment computer system is scheduled to start taking jobless claims early next month. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Employment Department is five days away from launching a brand new, easy-to-use online system for Unemployment Insurance benefits. UI benefits go live through Frances ...

The most recent jobless numbers are not as recent as you might expect. Among the lingering effects of the federal government shutdown is a delay in state unemployment numbers. News ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — People are actively using the Oregon Employment Department’s new unemployment insurance (UI) benefits website after it launched earlier this month. However, some are still ...

In a major win for Oregon unions, the state got one big step closer to providing unemployment benefits for striking workers on Wednesday. The House of Representatives voted 33-23 to authorize the ...

Oregon’s online system to apply for unemployment insurance is getting an upgrade, a move years in the making as evidence mounted that the Employment Department’s outdated technology was too rigid and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A bill advanced in the Oregon House earlier this week that could allow eligible employees who are on strike to receive unemployment benefits — raising concerns among ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Democratic Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday signed into law a bill that provides unemployment benefits to striking workers, following neighboring Washington state in adopting ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate remained flat in January at 4.8%, according to job numbers released Tuesday by the state’s Employment Department. The last time Oregon’s jobless rate exceeded that mark was ...